Definition of spiralled Spiralled
/spˈaɪəɹəld/
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British English
spiralled - /spˈaɪəɹəld/
American English
spiraled - /spajˈɹʌld/
What does spiralled mean?
Part of speech
🔤WordNet
NounPlural: spirals |
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| spiral - a continuously accelerating change in the economy | ||
| economic process any process affecting the production and development and management of material wealth | ||
| inflationary spiral an episode of inflation in which prices and wages increase at an increasing rate and currency rapidly loses value | ||
| spiral - a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center | ||
| curved shape, curve a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter | ||
| spiral - flying downward in a helical path with a large radius | ||
| rotary motion, rotation the act of rotating as if on an axis; "the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music" | ||
| spiral - ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center | ||
| volute | ||
| ornament, decoration, ornamentation the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive) | ||
| spiral - a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope" | ||
| coil, volute, whorl, helix | ||
| structure, construction a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" | ||
| spiral - a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle | ||
| helix | ||
| curved shape, curve a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter | ||
Verb |
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| spiral - form a spiral; "The path spirals up the mountain" | ||
| curve, wind, twist coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch" | ||
| spiral - to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor" | ||
| gyrate, coil | ||
| turn pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry" | ||
| spiral - move in a spiral or zigzag course | ||
| corkscrew | ||
| turn pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- spiral (Noun)
A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point. - spiral (Noun)
A helix. - spiral (Verb)
To move along the path of a spiral or helix. - spiral (Verb)
To increase continually. - spiral (Adjective)
Helical, like a spiral.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- spiral (a.)
Winding or circling round a center or pole and gradually receding from it; as, the spiral curve of a watch spring. - spiral (a.)
Winding round a cylinder or imaginary axis, and at the same time rising or advancing forward; winding like the thread of a screw; helical. - spiral (a.)
Of or pertaining to a spiral; like a spiral. - spiral (a.)
A plane curve, not reentrant, described by a point, called the generatrix, moving along a straight line according to a mathematical law, while the line is revolving about a fixed point called the pole. Cf. Helix. - spiral (a.)
Anything which has a spiral form, as a spiral shell.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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spiral
A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point. -
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That is shaped like a spiral -
spiral
To move in a spiral course.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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spiral
spī′ral, adj. pertaining to, or like, a spire: winding like the thread of a screw.—n. a spiral line: a curve which continually recedes from a centre about which it revolves: a screw.—n. Spiral′ity.—adv. Spī′rally, in a spiral form or direction.—adj. Spirā′ted, spiral, whorled
